diff --git a/src/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboardsettings.cpp b/src/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboardsettings.cpp
index d7f4e58b66f1ef703313fb50dc83872fcd069ec8..2938aaac5da900669b0fb45cb3ddf074b7358701 100644
--- a/src/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboardsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboardsettings.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ void VirtualKeyboardSettings::resetStyle()
 /*!
     \qmlproperty list<string> VirtualKeyboardSettings::availableLocales
     \since QtQuick.VirtualKeyboard.Settings 2.0
+    \readonly
 
     This property contains a list of languages supported by the virtual keyboard.